1983Fishing and Farming between Mountains and Seas

Chapter 271: Almost Farewell at Sea
"I wonder what kind of fish we'll find underwater today? I don't want to catch the skinned fish we caught yesterday. To be honest, I caught so many skinned fish yesterday that I almost vomited!"

Li Liang caught quite a few skinned fish yesterday with longline fishing. His arms still hurt when he thinks about it now, and they were not worth much.

"Okay, if you don't want the skinned fish, I'll give you something cheaper than the skinned fish. Then you'll cry!" Deng Zhaocai never had a good word to say.

"Fuck, can't you say something nice? It's cheaper than skinned fish, where else can you find it?!"

"Of course there are none. Which one of the thorny fish, dragon fish, and wheel fish isn't cheaper than skinned fish? Oh, and there's also sea catfish, which isn't much better than skinned fish!" Deng Zhaocai actually listed a lot of fish names.

What he said is all about being disliked by everyone.

"It's not certain if it's a sea catfish!" Zhu Tianpeng interrupted, "If there are lampreys on the sea catfish, it's a different story. Ah Qiang used longline fishing to catch a lot of sea catfish with lampreys last time, they are very valuable!"

"Are you talking about that kind of vampire eel? Brother Qiang, did you catch that thing? That thing is really precious!" Li Liang's tone suddenly became envious.

As if he had thought of something, Li Liang said:

"If you guys hadn't mentioned the vampire eel, I wouldn't have remembered it. My grandfather seemed to have mentioned that there was an island with a lot of these scary things. It seemed to be in the direction of Xiangluo Island. We should be able to find it if we go further ahead. But we may have to drive a little further and look for a while!"

"Are you sure it's a lamprey? Maybe I remembered it wrongly. It's hard to find lampreys living in groups. I happened to catch only a small batch last time. They drifted over with the sea catfish!" Liang Ziqiang became interested.

Lampreys are much more expensive than most of the fish they usually catch by casting nets or long-line fishing. Who wouldn't be tempted?

"He was talking about vampire eels. There are other vampire eels besides lampreys. This is for sure! Maybe the island he was talking about has a lot of sea catfish, so there are also a lot of lampreys." Li Liang speculated, "Why don't we go look for it today? If we can really find it and destroy the lair of lampreys, Brother Qiang, we might make as much money as we did in the winter flood of Longjuling!"

Li Liang had benefited from Liang Ziqiang's success, from cat sharks to winter floods, and had made a lot of money. Now that he thought about the information he provided, it was likely that Liang Ziqiang would also make a lot of money, and he felt quite excited.

"Then let's look for it!"

Several people immediately had a target and headed towards Xiangluo Island.

After arriving at Xiangluo Island, continue driving forward.

Since there are many lampreys on a small island somewhere, they will focus on looking for the island.

However, after searching around for a while, no other islands were seen.

"Are there no other small islands in this area?" After driving for a while, Deng Zhaocai became a little suspicious.

"How far is this from Xiangluo Island? The sea is so big, do you think the two islands are as close as your home to mine?" Li Liang said unhappily.

"Stop making noise, something good is coming!"

Zhu Tianpeng interrupted the two people who were arguing with just one sentence.

A few meters away from the side of Liang Ziqiang's boat, light brown spots appeared in the blue sea.

Looking closer, it looks like there are bulging buns in the sea, floating up and down with the waves.

"Such a fat crab, is it a steamed crab or a brown crab?!"

The two types of crabs have many similarities, and Deng Zhaocai was unable to recognize them at a distance.

Liang Ziqiang also looked carefully into the water. If it was a steamed crab, he would turn the boat around and run away without saying anything.

Liang Ziqiang accidentally got a batch of steamed crabs last year. They look very similar to brown crabs on the surface, but they actually taste very different from brown crabs.

The crab has a pair of claws that are used to hold his wife, so there is some meat, but the rest of the crab is just an empty shell, nothing to eat. Last year, he only sold those crabs for eight cents a pound.

After seeing it clearly, Liang Ziqiang became interested:
"Don't worry, it's a king crab, which is seven or eight times more expensive than a steamed bun crab!"

Although there was no sign of finding the Blood Eel Island, it was still worth having fun encountering a group of king crabs on the sea.

All four of them picked up their fishing nets and started casting them after the crabs.

At this moment, their longline fishing lines are still in the cabin. Since they haven't found the vampire eel island, they haven't started fishing yet.

This way, there are fewer concerns when casting the net. You don't have to run to the bow of the boat, you can just stand at the side of the boat and cast the net.

The crabs are not densely packed, but if a net is pulled up, there should be at least fifty or sixty of them.

Deng Zhaocai has already booked lunch with Li Liang in advance:

"The king crabs are very tender and plump. We'll cook them for lunch. Don't be stingy and be reluctant to spend the money!"

"Damn it, I just got online and you're already thinking about eating it!" Li Liang was a little unhappy.

Liang Ziqiang also poured dozens of king crabs that he had just caught online into a large basin, intending to keep them in water first so that they would be easier to sell.

As for lunch, he forgot to bring vegetables on board today. If he couldn't catch any other fish, he would naturally have to cook crabs for lunch.

It was a bit painful, but he couldn't remember how long it had been since he last had king crab, and he still salivated over the taste.

He could feel the full crab meat and rich crab roe through the shell. Oh, by the way, the brown crab is a little different from ordinary crabs. It has crab roe all year round, but there is more crab roe in autumn.

Many people like to eat king crabs because of their crab roe and crab paste.

After the net was emptied, he and Zhu Tianpeng continued fishing.

He was on the left side of the boat, and Zhu Tianpeng was on the right side. After a while, the two of them each pulled up another net of crabs.

"Want to run? You think you are a swimming crab? It would be strange if you can swim fast with your fat body!" Deng Zhaocai was very excited because he had crab roe to eat at noon, and he shouted while holding a net.

"Damn, why does the fat guy look down on the fat guy!" Li Liang implied to Deng Zhaocai.

What Deng Zhaocai said was not wrong. The king crab is the fattest crab in the world. It has a lot of roe and roe, and is quite heavy. When it runs away, it looks like a slow motion.

This made it easier for Liang Ziqiang and his team. From time to time, they would go into the cabin to slightly adjust the course, and the rest would just follow the brown crabs, casting nets all the way.

Finally, they filled the two large basins to the brim. Gradually, there were no more crabs left, so they stopped.

When putting down the fishing net, Liang Ziqiang looked at the fruitful harvest of the day and couldn't help but squat down and pick up the crabs in the basin.

Suddenly, my heart felt like it was being strangled, and my whole spine instantly felt numb!
He was startled and quickly went to turn over more crabs. After turning over more than a dozen, he quickly opened his voice and shouted to Li Liang:
"You haven't started cooking crabs yet?!"

"No, it's not even noon yet, why eat crabs?" Li Liang's voice came back.

"That's not bad!" Liang Ziqiang breathed a sigh of relief, "Hurry up and don't eat it yet. We all admitted our mistake. There are a lot of honest Aijie crabs mixed in here! Whoever eats an Aijie crab won't have to go out to sea from tomorrow!"

Liang Ziqiang never expected that something truly dangerous was happening quietly right under his nose!
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